# The Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020, Regulation 11: Meaning of “kinship carer”


A person is a kinship carer for a child on a day if—
(a) the person is a qualifying person in relation to the child within the meaning of section 72(2) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, and
(b) on that day, the child lives with the person (exclusively or predominantly) under the terms of—
(i) a kinship care order as defined in section 72(1) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, or
(ii) an agreement between the person, the person’s partner or both of them and—
(aa) a local authority by which the child is looked after within the meaning of section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,
(bb) a local authority in England or Wales by which the child is looked after within the meaning of section 105(4) of the Children Act 1989, or
(cc) an authority in Northern Ireland by which the child is looked after within the meaning of article 25 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2020/9780111046395/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-child-payment-regulations-2020/regulation-11
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